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Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
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Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:23:08 GMT
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John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:G2rGM7.JD7@lugnet.com...
> I am certain that the original designer of the Statue of Liberty • understood
> that as copper ages it gains a patina. The patina actually helps to
> preserve the metal, and the color is quite remarkable. These are • properties
> of copper that make it a desirable material to work with (in buildings),
> albeit an expensive material.
How do you come to this conclusion? I'm not sure of the background of the
designer, but I'm fairly certain that when they built the statue, they would
have had it built shining in all of it's copper glory, and would have
thought of it that way. I'm also sure that not many - if any - people
actually know who designed the Statue of Liberty - I'm even more certain
that they did not have much knowledge of how copper ages, nor of how it
gains a patina.
> And to think that here in the US our lowest form of currency, the penny, • is
> made of copper...
For the modern pennies, I would say they are a specially designed copper
alloy, made in a blend of metals to prevent dulling and corrosion. I don't
know how the earlier versions would have been made, but the modern era
pennies from the US would certainly have had a whole slew of metallurgy
knowledge built into them. ;-)
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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